April 2023 National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Results
Way to Go, Idaho!
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Created by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in 2010, National Prescription Drug Take Back Days happen twice a year in April and October to address the public safety issue created by unused or expired prescription medications, which are highly susceptible to misuse and theft. Take Back Day events provide an opportunity for Americans to safely and securely dispose of unused, expired, and unwanted prescription medications and help prevent prescription misuse and overdose deaths in our communities.
ODP encourages local organizations across the state to support and promote Take Back Day events in their communities to help Idahoans properly dispose of unused or expired medications.
- National Results
- Total Law Enforcement Participation: 4,497 agencies
- Total Take Back Day Collection Site Events: 4,955
- Total Weight of Drugs Collected: 17,300,454 lbs. (8,650 Tons)
- Idaho Results
- Statewide Law Enforcement Participation: 47 agencies
- Statewide Take Back Day Collection Site Events: 52
- Statewide Weight of Drugs Collected: 6,000 lbs. (3 Tons)
Did you miss the local drug take-back day? Click here to find a permanent prescription drug disposal location near you.
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The 2C-Drug-Free Coalition recently hosted Family Day with activities including an obstacle course, corn hole challenge, bubbles catch, and Natural High take-home polaroid pics. Parents were given substance use prevention resources including handouts and drug tests. Through coordination with Juvenile Justice, the Canyon County Bike Project donated five bikes with locks, pumps, bags, and helmets that were raffled off to participating families and kids. Way to go 2C-DFC!
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American Lung Association
Nicotine Free: Empowering Idaho Youth to Choose a Lifetime of Health
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Check out this newly developed Partner Toolkit from the American Lung Association! This toolkit was designed so partners like you can share these important messages on personal and organizational social media. You can copy the language from the posts in the Partner Toolkit and use the images in the asset folder to make a post. Don't forget to tag the American Lung Association or the American Lung Association in the Northern Rockies.
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Fifth Annual Prevention Institute
Thursday and Friday, August 10-11, 2023 | 9am-4pm
Boise State University
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Sessions Include:
- Trends in Youth Substance Use and How to Use Data to Guide Prevention Programming
- Youth Opioid Use
- Sensation Seeking and Protective Behavioral Strategies
- Wellness Promotion, Mindfulness, and Substance Use Prevention
- Ethnicity/Racial Differences in Youth Substance Use and Multicultural Considerations for Prevention
- Ethics in Prevention
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National Prevention Network Conference
Advancing Prevention Science Through the Lens of Change: How Sweet It Is!
August 15-17, 2023 | Birmingham, Alabama
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The NPN Conference highlights the latest research in the substance use prevention field. It provides a forum for prevention professionals, coalition leaders, researchers, and federal partners to share research, best practices and promising evaluation results for the purpose of integrating research into prevention practice.
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Power Up Summit
September 20-21, 2023 | JUMP Boise
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The Idaho Out-of-School Network’s 10th annual Power Up Summit will be empowering leaders and program providers to delve in and GROW, building knowledge, practice, awareness and resources to impact the overall health and quality of ourselves and the programs serving youth. The Summit will host upwards of 300 people in Boise on September 20th and 21st and is Idaho’s only conference dedicated solely to professionals working in out-of-school time (before and after school and in summer learning programs). This conference celebrates heroes in the community, connects people serving youth, empowers and energizes us to be creative and work together to meet the needs of families and youth statewide.
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Building Protection Using the Social Development Strategy
An Enhanced Prevention Learning Series
July 13, 20, 27, and August 3, 10, 17, 2023
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This 6-session distance learning series offers an interactive forum for participants to explore how to build protection in communities, schools, and families using the Social Development Strategy (SDS). This learning series will build participants’ understanding of shared protective factors and how the Social Development Strategy organizes protection into a strategy for action. Participants will learn and practice using the SDS and its components to design activities that will build protection in families, schools, coalitions and communities.
This EPLS provides online consultation, skill-based learning and practice, group and individual activities, reading assignments, and discussion on topics essential to building protection using key learnings from prevention science.
Session Dates and Time
July 13, 20, 27, and August 3, 10, 17, 2023
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Pacific
12:00 pm – 01:30 pm Mountain
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NEWS STORIES & REPORTS | UPCOMING EVENTS |
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Local News
Federal News
Research
Reports
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Observances
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June 10: Family Health and Fitness Day Learn More
- June 12-18: International Men's Health Week
- June 19th: Father's Day
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June 19-20: Juneteenth. Learn More
- June 21: World Music Day
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June: Pride Month. Learn More
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June: Men's Health Month. Learn More
Webinar & Training Opportunities
- July 13 - August 17: Building Protection Using the Social Development Strategy. Learn more.
- July 31 - August 2: In-person, Introduction to the Prevention Core Competencies for Prevention Professionals Learn more.
Next Month...
- July: Bebe Moore National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Learn More
- July: National Make a Difference to a Child Month
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July 23: Parents' Day. Learn More
- July 26: National Aunt and Uncle Day
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